Menefee resigns

As per a release from UTSA on Wednesday, safeties coach Mike Menefee has resigned, leaving the team with just one of the original three assistants head coach Larry Coker hired back in spring of 2009.

Cornerbacks David Ross, another of the first three, left just before the start of fall practice, leaving only defensive line coach Eric Roark from the original group of assistants. A coach since 1980, Menefee said via the release he was leaving to pursue opportunities in private business.

Menefee had been one of UTSA’s most active and successful recruiters in his two seasons with the Roadrunners, playing a key role in the signing of their first two recruiting classes. Defensive coordinator Neal Neathery gave Menefee and Roark significant praise for their work after signing the most recent class.

Several sources said the tightening of UTSA’s assessment process was at least part of the reason Menefee elected to leave. As opposed to the first class, in which the assistants were largely free to pursue players as they saw fit, recruits must now be approved by Coker, the unit coordinator, the individual position coach and/or the area recruiter.